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| − | Santalum album, Linn. Sandalwood. A small evergreen glabrous tree: lvs. opposite, l 1/2 - 2 in. long, thin, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, narrowed into a slender petiole: panicles terminal and lateral; pedicels about equaling the perianth-tube: fls. at first straw-colored, then blood-red, inodorous even when bruised: drupe globose, size of a cherry, black when ripe. Deccan Penin. B.M. 3235. G.C. III. 49:20.—The wood is white or citron-colored, sweet-scented when dry, and is esteemed in India as a perfume. | + | Santalum album, Linn. Sandalwood. A small evergreen glabrous tree: lvs. opposite, 1 1/2 - 2 in. long, thin, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, narrowed into a slender petiole: panicles terminal and lateral; pedicels about equaling the perianth-tube: fls. at first straw-colored, then blood-red, inodorous even when bruised: drupe globose, size of a cherry, black when ripe. Deccan Penin. B.M. 3235. G.C. III. 49:20.—The wood is white or citron-colored, sweet-scented when dry, and is esteemed in India as a perfume. |
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